1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The arrival of a new high-speed railway line to the scenic lakeside town of Qiandaohu in East China's Zhejiang province has changed the lives of the     1    ( resident) immeasurably.

I sat     2     ( quiet) in my seat on the new Fuxing bullet train on the first day of February. I looked out of the window and watched the views outside flash by in an instant. The train continued     3     (it) top speed toward the south. A great many cities and rolling hills with green trees took turns to make an     4     (appear).

It was the first time I     5     (be) able to travel home by train directly from Beijing     6     having to transfer. The railway     7     (connect) Zhejiang's provincial capital Hangzhou and Huangshan city in Anhui province opened on Dec 25, linking a group of tourist attractions in the Yangtze River Delta and my hometown,     8     is named after the lake that it sits on.

A high-speed train leaves Beijing for Qiandaohu every day. It takes five hours and 55 minutes     9     (get) to my hometown. Previously, I had to travel first to Hangzhou, whether I traveled by train     10     by plane, and then headed for my hometown by road. It added another three hours to my journey.

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

There was once an architect    1    hated his job. After 10 years of working for the same company, he decided to resign. However, his boss wanted him to help with one final job before he    2    (leave) the team. So he asked him to build one final house. The architect unwillingly agreed. He spent the whole summer    3    (build) this house, but his heart just wasn’t in it. He used cheap materials and rushed to finish the job quickly. The result was the    4    (bad) house he had ever built.

When he had finished, his boss came to meet him one last time. Seeing the terrible work, the smile disappeared from his face. “I wanted to do something special    5    you, to say thanks for your 10 years of hard work…So I’m giving you this house as a gift.” The architect was very    6    (anger). “Why didn’t you tell me from the start? If I had known that I would have put in more effort.”

This story has a    7    (power) message. The architect had all the skills    8    (need) to build something amazing, but his negative mindset (心态) held him back.

We should take note, because every day we are building our future.    9    we have a negative mindset, we will miss our chance    10    (create) the best life and future possibilities.

4 . Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank

A birthday is a time when someone celebrates the anniversary of his/her birth. It is the expression of thanking God for your birth and still keeping alive. Birthdays     1     (celebrate)often with parties and gifts and in most parts of the world, it is celebrated in the same ways. But in China, it is completely     2     different and interesting thing.

In Chinese culture, newborn babies are considered to be one year old. A Chinese child’s first birthday party takes place    3     he or she turns two. Parents may surround a child with symbolic items in an attempt     4     (predict) the future.     5     a baby reaches for money, he is believed to be rich as an adult. And a child who grabs a toy airplane may often travel when he/she grows up.

More and more Western-style birthday cakes     6     (make) their way into Chinese birthday celebrations, but the birthday girl or boy traditionally slurps(出声地吃) longevity noodles, which symbolize a long life. An unbroken longevity noodle should fill an entire bowl and    7     (eat) in one continuous line. Family members and close friends    8     cannot attend the party often eat long noodles in honor of the birthday     9     (bring) longevity to the person celebrating. A birthday banquet     10     also include hard-boiled eggs dyed(染色)red to symbolize happiness and dumplings for good fortune.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Chinese people call flattery(奉承) to someone's face “presenting a tall hat” to someone.

In the past,     1     official in the imperial court in Beijing was appointed to an official post outside the capital. Before leaving, he went to his teacher’s home     2    (say) farewell. His teacher warned him, “It is not easy to be an official outside the capital. You should be     3    (care).” “Please don’t worry. I     4    (prepare)100 ‘tall hats’ already and will present one to every person I meet. I’m sure all the local people will be pleased.”

The teacher said    5    (angry), “We are all honest     6     (gentleman). How can you do that?”

The official,     7     pretended he had no way out, said, “Very few people under heaven are like you who dislike being flattered or presented with tall hats.”

    8    (hear) this, the teacher was very much pleased. He nodded and said, “    9     you said is true, too.”

After the official said farewell to his teacher and     10     (go) out, he said to his friend, “Of my 100 ‘tall hats’, now only 99 are left.”

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Dong Shuchang from China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region captured the solar eclipse (日蚀) on June 21, 2020, in his photography work The Golden Ring,    1    (become) the winner of the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year    2    (compete) in mid-September.

    3    (host) by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the contest received 4,500    4    (entry) from the world, among     5    . Don’s image finally won the great award. The young man started to prepare for a trip    6    (take) the shots toward the end of 2019. However, the COVID-19 pandemic put    7    stop to his plan in early 2020. Thanks to the    8    (effect) pandemic control in China, Dong moved with his plan last year. More than three years of    9    (he) chasing the stars has brought excitement and accomplishment in his life, although the process was often mixed     10    sweats and tears.

7 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

California has long attracted visitors seeking fortune, fame or both. Way back in 1849, hundreds of thousands started digging     1     gold in the great Gold Rush, a historical event which     2    (capture) the American imagination.

Nowadays, the state is the most diverse(多元化的）in the entire mainland US--both in terms of the races of its people and the languages     3     speak. Thus, California is a true example of the “melting pot”, which     4     (associate) with the US.

But why is it     5     all these different types of people choose to live and work in California? You’ve probably heard of Silicon Valley(硅谷).     6     (locate) outside San Francisco in northern California, it is home to many of the world’s most successful technology companies.     7     you ever send texts on an iPhone, e-mail with Yahoo, search on Google or edit pictures with Photoshop, then you have Silicon Valley to thank.

But it’s not just electronic innovation that inspires people to move to California. Another major reason is one of     8    (old) American dreams--the chance     9     (become) a movie or TV star. People     10     visit California get a special rush from going to Mount Lee in Santa Monica and seeing the famous Hollywood sign, a lasting symbol of the American film and television industries.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Imported vehicles（进口汽车）can now enter the Chinese market at a     1    （fast）rate with lower costs, thanks to efforts made by the Pudong Airport Comprehensive Bonded Area（综合保税区）.     2     has smoothed out the clearance, examination and storage process.

The area     3    （take）the lead across China to set up the first examination line for imported vehicles in January by     4    （offer）“one-stop” examinations near the warehouse.

The Shanghai Customs office at the Pudong airport has also cut the clearance time for imported vehicles from half a day     5     half an hour at its service window that is     6    （especial）set up for imported vehicles. In addition, the bonded area offers tailored, storage solutions for imported vehicles to help promote     7    （efficient）and reduce costs.

Take the 30 Aston Martin vehicles that arrived in Pudong on December 7 as     8     example. The new storage solution for these vehicles will save costs by nearly 20 percent,     9    （compare）with the previous method.

Up to now, the bonded area     10    （receive）about 6,000 international expensive vehicles including Ferrari, Maserati, Jaguar and Land Rover. The combined value has exceeded 4 billion yuan.